This year, the Artslink Residencies awards are supporting the activities of 16 leading Central European, Russian and Eurasian artists and arts professionals at US cultural organizations, among which playwrights Gianina Cărbunariu and Peca Ştefan, benefiting from the support of RCINY. Building upon their previous visits in the US, the two playwrights will work in collaboration with the LARK Development Play Center, and the Long Wharf Theatre, respectively.

The two playwrights, accompanied by Saviana Stanescu, will also present their most recent work in a reading performance at the LARK on November 8, starting with 8 pm. Their previous work will also be presented on November 6, at 6:30 pm, at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center on the occasion of the launch of "roMANIA after 2000. Five New Romanian Plays" edited by MESTC Publications in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute.